Aina
Rewind: Going Back in Time
Wanting to grow up and be an adult was such an important part of my life when I was in High School. I have always known that I was geared toward college and had already narrowed the career choices down to a few early in life. However, my need to be something I wasn?t and would have come naturally later on in life is what brought on much of my struggles today.
If I were able to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would tell myself not to focus on all the unnecessary experiences I want to enjoy as an adult but to set high goals and create high standards by which to accomplish them. Doing my best to set priorities will be the key to happiness. In order to enjoy life, I need to first make the right decisions about the direction of my life, completing school by acquiring the goals I set. ?Work hard first then, play hard?. There will always be struggles in all my endeavors but by taking the first steps to complete school at an early age will make the difference.
Holley
I would say "don't wait to start college! The longer you put it off the harder it is to get going. I waited and then waited longer. I had a child, got married, bought a home and went in a different direction then I originally planned; always telling myself ' I'll start in a few years when my children are older' it has now been 15 years, I have four children and now I am starting college. ??I am very scared, I haven't been in a classroom, for myself, in 13 years and I don't know what to expect, thoughts run through my head including: am I ready for this? What if it has been too long and my brain is 'oatmeal'? And will I be able to take in the knowledge and do with it what I am meant to? It is always said ' hind sight is 20-20.' College life although hard isn?t as hard as you think it is. It is a lot harder to go through life without a higher education. The college administration are wonderful people that are there to help you every step of the way. Now make me proud."
Kimberly
If I could go back to when I was a senior, I would tell myself to get into college right away. It's not to much harder with doing the work before the due dates as it was in high school. I think that both high school and college are very similar because you need to respect each other, keep your grades up, do all assignments by the due date, and the drama and friends you end up with while being enrolled.
Lakia
If I could go back to talk to myself as a senior in high school, theres so much advice I would give myself. I will give myself the advice to prepare for college early and learn all I can about the steps to enrolling and getting into the college I apply for. I will learn all I can about financial aid,loans,scholarships,grants,college apps,applying to college,college majors, and degrees, my future career, etc. Life is a journey. I'm not going to always know exactly where I'm headed but everything I set out to do with my plan and goals, I try and make the very best of it without surrendering. In my senior year I want to get the best grades,test scores, do extracurricular activities and do all I can to make my record look the best for my future, because what I do in the present will reflect my future. What happens in the past, I'll just learn from it and try to do better. I'm only a high school senior once,so I have to make the best of it.